Snape the Gryffindor or Ravenclaw?!

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 93172

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "snapesmate" <snapesmate at h...> 
wrote:
> Is there actually any canon stating Snape was in Slytherin? I do 
not
> have my books handy. I know Sirius said that Snape hung out with an
> older group of Slytherins, but is there actually CANON stating 
Snape
> was IN Slytherin? I do not think one would have to have been in a
> particular house to be head of that house as a staff member. In 
know
> JKR was asked about the house affiliation of MWPP, but what about
> Snape?
> 


Potioncat:
I think I have the quote you're looking for. GoF, US paperback p531 
Padfoot Returns:
Sirius is speaking, "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at 
school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang 
of Slytherins who nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters."

I know our group can take that about 7 different ways, but it really 
sounds to me like Severus was in Slytherin.  

Sirius goes on to list 4 male names and Bellatrix as being in this 
gang.  So it could be that Rosier, Wilkes, the married Lestranges, 
Avery and Snape were in the same year in Slytherin.  He lists the 
others as having been found to be DE's (except for Avery who had 
claimed the Imperius curse and gone free) but goes on to say, "But 
as far as I know, Snape was never even accused of being a DE--not 
that that means much...."

As to being Head of House, I can't imagine your house as a student 
would be an important consideration for Head of House.  What if a 
professor was up for head and the available slot wasn't from his old 
house?  Or if the professor came from one of the other schools?  
It's my pet theory that Sprout was a Slytherin, but I don't have any 
canon for it.

Hope the quote helps.
Potioncat